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Title: | Low-power and low-cost stiffness-variable oesophageal tissue phantom | Authors: | Thorn, Alexander Afacan, Dorukhan Ingham, Emily Kavak, Can Miyashita, Shuhei Damian, Dana D. |
Keywords: | Biological implants Robotics Tissue phantom Biological tissues |
Publisher: | Springer Verlag | Source: | Thorn, A., Afacan, D., Ingham, E., Kavak, C., Miyashita, S., and Damian, D. D. (2017, July 19-21). Low-power and low-cost stiffness-variable oesophageal tissue phantom. Paper presented at the 18th Annual Conference on Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems, TAROS 2017. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-64107-2_28 | Abstract: | Biological tissues are complex structures with changing mechanical properties depending on physiological or pathological factors. Thus they are extendible under normal conditions or stiff if they are subject to an inflammatory reaction. We design and fabricate a low-power and low-cost stiffness-variable tissue phantom (SVTP) that can extend up to 250% and contract up to 5.4% at 5 V (1.4 W), mimicking properties of biological tissues. We investigated the mechanical characteristics of SVTP in simulation and experiment. We also demonstrate its potential by building an oesophagus phantom for testing appropriate force controls in a robotic implant that is meant to manipulate biological oesophageal tissues with changing stiffness in vivo. The entire platform permits efficient testing of robotic implants in the context of anomalies such as long gap esophageal atresia, and could potentially serve as a replacement for live animal tissues. | Description: | 18th Annual Conference on Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems, TAROS 2017; Guildford; United Kingdom; 19 July 2017 through 21 July 2017 | URI: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64107-2_28 http://hdl.handle.net/11147/7132 |
ISSN: | 0302-9743 |
Appears in Collections: | Mechanical Engineering / Makina Mühendisliği Scopus İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / Scopus Indexed Publications Collection WoS İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / WoS Indexed Publications Collection |
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